Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 177
177angry doppelganger (2)
Always think before you act.
Advice to Einar on her first day here.
Even then, I didn't just say it with empty words..
In fact, this motto has saved my life through countless hardships..
So, in that sense…….
‘Shit.’
After a brief complaint, I focus on the current situation..
[Never thought I'd meet someone here who knows me.]
First of all, one piece of information can be found from the first line..
At least they didn't come for me..
[This is a bit difficult..]
information two.
He is just as confused about this situation as I am..
However, the nuance is quite different from before..
It feels like there's another reason not to reveal one's identity..
‘They say Noark has been sealed off... … . So is this guy a spy or something? It was taken out before it was blocked.?’
Well, it's hard to be sure yet..
There might be something hidden..
There's only one thing that's certain right now.
[Well, just beat it up and erase the memory like you did then..]
Even during this time, he has no intention of killing me..
To put it simply, it means you can let go of that part..
‘Unless you accidentally step on a land mine..’
Memory removal pills don't work.
You just have to be careful not to get caught..
Then it doesn't go to the worst case..
Therefore, the basic stance I should take now has been decided. I have no intention of just taking a pill and becoming incapacitated.…….
Because I have insurance, I have nothing to lose..
‘What did I say in the sewer??’
It was a few months ago, but I remembered it right away..
When we coincidentally reunited in the sewers, this question was definitely the first thing I asked.
“……Why do I want to kill myself now? I would have kept my promise?”
If this is your last memory in the Land of the Dead, the question you have no choice but to ask.
“You say the same thing as back then..”
“……at that time?”
When I winked as if I didn't understand, the woman shook her head and continued speaking..
“But his expression has become much more relaxed..”
I burst out laughing.
‘I feel more relaxed…….’
I never thought it would stand out like that.
I said bluntly.
“The oath is still valid. Are you planning on pretending you didn’t see it??”
“Then eat this.”
The woman took out a pill from her pocket and threw it at me..
The overall appearance is dark and the skin is somewhat damp..
“It is a drug that removes memories. If I just eat that, today’s event would have never happened..”
Suddenly, I thought that taking medicine might be the cleanest way to solve the current situation..
but…….
“how can i trust you?”
After all, it is the last resort.
Because if you take the pill, you'll lose your mind..
Then if this girl gets greedy for my equipment?
If I open it just out of curiosity and find a dragon slayer sword in my subspace ring,?
In the end, it's also a land mine.
“There would be no other way for you?”
“Why do they say there is no way??”
Hundreds of times compared to when we met in the Land of the Dead..
Even compared to the sewer era, it has become several times stronger..
Above all, this is not a dark basement with no one to help you..
A city on earth where law and society function.
“If I shout even once, my colleagues will wake up. You won't be able to handle it alone?”
There is no reason to burden this woman..
“……Now I see it was not leisure, but arrogance..”
“Did you check it out?.”
The woman remained silent despite my curious words..
You said it was rude, but you probably know it too..
The situation is so different from before..
“…….”
An untimely heavy silence fell in the empty hallway at dawn..
The other side was the first to open their mouths..
“barbarian.”
A woman takes a step forward and calls me.
Instead of answering, I turned my back.
Then, sure enough,.
Tadat!
I saw a woman's body divided in two..
Doppelganger’s ability [self-replication]].
「Amelia Rainwales casted [Suragak].」
The clone that appears from behind without a sound leaps and swings its foot with its weight..
The one that blew my entire head off last time.
I immediately raised my arms to protect my face..
Kwaang!
A tingling shock went down my wrist..
But that's all.
‘What is my physical resistance now?.’
Well, it seems like I have some incontinence in my bones.…….
Actually, I'm not sure about that either. I don't even feel pain because of my pain tolerance..
“Behel—laaaaa!!”
He cried out the name of the ancestral spirit and slammed his fist the size of a watermelon into the corpse's face..
Powwow-!
The clone disappears with smoke like a firecracker as soon as it is hit..
I hurriedly turned my body in the direction of the main body to prepare for the joint attack, but…….
The woman just stood there quietly..
“How did know?”
Oh, you never thought I would stop this..
I answered obediently..
“sound.”
Before I knew it, all sound had disappeared..
Even though it is late at night, it is clearly a foreign phenomenon..
The sound of Einar's snoring easily passes through wooden doors..
As soon as the sound disappeared, I realized that it was trying to ambush me, and even noticed the means when I saw it take a step..
[Self-replication] was something that happened once at that time.].
‘The radius for summoning an alter ego is 5m..’
It's clear that it would have been a bit too far to summon him from behind me. Since it was an enemy I fought twice, it was possible to counter it like this..
“The suggestion I made earlier is valid. Pretend you didn't see it and just disappear to do your own thing..”
I repeated what I said earlier.
Then, as expected, a different answer came back..
“……how can i trust you?”
I grinned and returned the same..
“Is there any other way for you??”
I don't know what I used, but I guess the duration was short, and I started hearing Einar's snoring again a few seconds ago..
Now, if I just scream, my colleagues will come out.—
It's good.
Then the door opened.
“Bjorn? Who on earth are you talking to like that?…….”
Missha appears through the crack in the door, rubbing her sleepy eyes..
“I'll explain later, so just go in..”
“evil!”
I reached out and closed the door before it was fully open..
“Hey! You crazy guy!!”
Misha hit his head and went crazy, but there was nothing he could do..
That's not what's important right now.
“hey! open it! Open it! There's a girl out there! Erwen? I guess he came again!!”
I blocked the door with my body and quietly stared at the woman..
The words in his eyes were extremely simple..
‘Well, what should I do now??’
The answer came back after a while..
“If I say I'll go back, will you believe me??”
Simply put, it means that you are not worried about retaliation..
I answered without any hesitation.
“Believe.”
After all, isn't she the woman who saved my life in the past by believing in just one oath?.
Actually, I didn't report this woman..
Just now, he even blocked Misha with his whole body..
“Isn’t this enough for you to understand? It doesn't matter what you do. I just don't want to get involved with you..”
“……I guess so.”
The woman muttered in a slightly bitter voice..
But it wasn't the answer I wanted.
“So the answer is?”
“I'm going back.”
“I want you to promise not to come see me again..”
“I didn't come here. but… … If you want, I promise that too..”
Those words made me relax a little too..
It's a world where we can't attach great meaning to mere promises, but that's not true for everyone..
[If possible, I don't want to kill the barbarian with my own hands..]
[Because that was the promise from the beginning.]
She is the woman who saved my life even in the land of the dead because of someone's promise..
The weight of the promise must also be extraordinary..
‘At the time, I called him a psychopath, but it turns out he wasn't really that.…….’
“Then go, human woman..”
“…….”
The woman nodded quietly at my words..
Then he turned his back and started going down the stairs..
Again, again.
As the footsteps grew further away, a feeling of relief bloomed..
I was really glad it ended without a fight..
Because the settings are not yet complete to withstand the aura..
If I really wanted to put an end to the city, my colleagues, etc., I would have had to bleed as well..
“after…….”
I felt like I could sleep well if I saw them leaving, so I headed for the stairs..
Again.
The woman had descended to the first floor by taking the last stairs..
But did he feel popular??
“……not a human woman.”
The woman turned around and stared at me..
and…….
“Amelia Lane Wales.”
He left a single word and disappeared like smoke..
I felt dizzy for a moment..
“No, what is this?…….”
If this continues, don’t you think we’ll meet again later?.
smart.
First, I knocked on Einar’s room..
Only the sound of snoring could be heard, but the door did not open..
Unlike Misha’s visit, which was opened as soon as you knocked,.
“hey! Who was that woman out there?!”
“He is a miscellaneous merchant..”
“what?”
“Okay, let's sleep. I'm tired.”
“uh? Huh? Uh... … uh? ruler? here? why?”
I laid down a pillow on the floor and lay down on the bare floor..
I really didn't want to do this…….
“Yeah, that's right. P, there’s nothing you can do when you’re tired. Oh, oh, come up and show off. don't do that…….”
“Still, that's a bit... … . I'll just sleep here.”
“huh? Then why did you come here??”
uh…….
I feel like I'm scared of sleeping alone today..
***
Time passed and the day came to enter the labyrinth..
[10 : 30]
1 hour and 30 minutes left until the portal opens.
Raven arrived as soon as the appointed time arrived..
This brings everyone together in one place..
“Fortunately, no one was late this time.?”
First, we cast the bonding spell and moved together..
For reference, the departure location was Uncle Bear’s tavern..
1Rather than waiting for too long, I decided it would be easier to just take him from here..
“……There are definitely fewer people than usual..”
The road leading to Dimension Square was unusually quiet..
It wasn't something I couldn't understand..
Since the situation is tense, everyone is probably trying to take a break and observe the situation..
‘……But what is this??’
When I arrived at the dimensional plaza, I froze..
A completely different situation unfolded from the quiet street..
“Everyone please stand in line.!”
Dozens of times more civil servants than usual.
And I see an army.
Hundreds of groups of one knight and four soldiers are spread out here and there..
‘……Are they really trying to control entry into the labyrinth??’
I suddenly had that thought, but fortunately it wasn't like that..
“Now, take it..”
As I stood at the end of the long line, a civil servant quickly approached me and offered me two items..
One was a video recorder and the other was…….
Well, honestly I have no idea..
“what is this necklace?”
“It's an identification tag that says we're explorers..”
“dog tag……?”
“yes.”
The official explained some precautions, saying that you should never lose it..
Although the editorial was long as it was an official administration, it was very simple to interpret..
‘If you lose it, you're screwed..’
If you do not have this dog tag, you will be subject to extermination..
Conversely, even if you kill someone without a dog tag, you will not be held guilty..
‘They said they were quiet, but they were planning something like this..’
Seeing as they only spoke right before the labyrinth was opened, it seems like they really maintained strict security..
Not bad for me as a resident of Lapdonia.
“Rain, Bjorn… … We're okay?”
“Why not be okay? It means that the army will protect us in the labyrinth..”
“Oh, I see.?”
“Still, one thing is clear. The rumor that there is a portal in the underground city is true..”
We chatted and waited, and after about 5 minutes, a portal opened..
The military was the first to enter, and then it was the explorers' turn to wait in line..
“……If you're good at this, you might not get in..”
“Oh, Mr. Urikfried too. I hope that happens.”
Raven said it couldn't be so, but as time passed, her expression hardened..
The portal gets smaller in proportion to the shrinking line..
I was rather happy about this situation..
‘Well, I guess there's no need to say this.?’
Originally, I was planning to confess an anecdote from the past and write about the experience copy bug..
Uncle Bear, whom I watched for a month, was a person who placed great value on trust, and Raven was trustworthy in another sense..
What happened with the special appraiser was important..
[If you tell us, how many times more will you benefit from this than the money you gave us? I can't accept that either..]
He never does anything nice to others..
So, I shared this method and tried to continue accumulating free experience points from this entry..
but…….
“What are you doing! Go in quickly!”
“If you're not going in, get out of the way.!”
In the current situation, I think it would be possible to induce that situation naturally..
Because even from what I can see, the situation is close..
When they saw the military, there were quite a few explorers who blocked the road and hesitated, perhaps because they were scared..
“That's it! Everyone please step aside.!”
“what! Well, what does that mean! I waited for over an hour!”
Admission ended when there were about 10 people left in the queue..
“Ooh, are we going home like this?!!”
“Huh, I really didn't know I couldn't get in..”
“It's because Mr. Urikfried said something strange..”
“……I blame this on myself?”
“Okay, that's it. Well then, let’s all go back now.?”
Everyone seemed resigned to reality..
Well, the barbarian is sad to hear it..
I'm just giving up on something like this?
“Bjorn, what are you doing? Just keep looking ahead.”
“It's now.”
Eventually, the light in the portal began to fade..
Normally it would be 'The gates will be closing soon!' Timing when the same shout came out from all over the place.
“Everyone, get on your back..”
“huh?”
There was no time to explain, so I turned on [Giantization] first..
A body that grows quickly.
“What are you doing! It is illegal to display supernatural abilities in undesignated places.—!”
Just pay the fine and that's it..
Didn't even do much.
About 300,000 stones, if not for the injury..
‘This can be taken from public funds..’
I immediately took you in my arms..
And then I started running forward blindly..
“there! what are you doing!”
“stop!!”
The verbal cries of public officials were completely ignored..
If you try this anyway, you'll end up with a small fine..
After all, there is no reason not to go in..
5How much does it cost to hunt on the floor for just one day?!
“Wow!”
“You, no way! Just to get in?”
“Behel—laaaaa!”
Was my cry answered??
Einar on his left arm laughed..
“Hahaha! Of course it’s Bjorn!!! great warrior!!”
Yes, this is how we are barbarians..
Coo! Cooung!
I ran quickly through the empty square with a satisfied smile..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-
The light of the portal shrinks to human size and shakes uneasily..
Soon the light flashed and embraced us..
「1I entered the crystal cave on the first floor..」
It's safe.
***
「The character's reputation has increased by +1.」
「The character's reputation has increased by +1.」
「The character's reputation has increased by +1.」
「The character's reputation increases by +1.…….」
「…….」
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